Editing One Hundred and One Dalmatians (section)

===Original theatrical run===
''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' premiered and was released in theaters on January 25, 1961,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/this-day/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians-premieres/|title=''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' Premieres|publisher=Walt Disney Archives|website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]]|date=January 25, 1961|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104130851/https://d23.com/this-day/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians-premieres/|archive-date=January 4, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> accompanied by the documentary ''[[The Horse with the Flying Tail]]'' (1960).<ref name="AFICatalog" /> To promote the film, an updated version of the 1957 ''[[Disney anthology television series|Disneyland]]'' episode "The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" was aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on February 12, 1961,<ref name="Approximately101Reasons" /> featuring the footage from ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' instead of scenes from ''[[Old Yeller (film)|Old Yeller]]'' (1957).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/best-doggoned-dog-in-the-world-the-television/|title=Best Doggoned Dog in the World, The (television)|website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]]|access-date=January 6, 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230216014519/https://d23.com/a-to-z/best-doggoned-dog-in-the-world-the-television/|archive-date=February 16, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

During its initial theatrical run, the film grossed $14 million in the United States and Canada,<ref name="TheMakingAndImpact">{{cite web|url=https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/making-101-dalmatians|last=Amoroso|first=Parker|title=The Making and Impact of ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''|publisher=[[Walt Disney Family Museum]]|date=March 21, 2022|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230926230403/https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/making-101-dalmatians|archive-date=September 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> which generated $6.2 million in distributor rentals.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=586}} It was the first animated feature to earn more than $10 million on its initial release,<ref name="DidYouKnow">{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Charles|url=https://d23.com/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians-did-you-know/|title=''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'': Did You Know?|website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]]|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230601202314/https://d23.com/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians-did-you-know/|archive-date=June 1, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the most popular film of the year in France,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficestory.com/france-1961-c22750275|last=Soyer|first=Renaud|date=December 10, 2011|language=fr|title=BOX OFFICE ANNUEL FRANCE 1961 TOP 30|work=Box Office Story|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-date=August 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810122240/http://www.boxofficestory.com/france-1961-c22750275|url-status=dead}}</ref> with admissions of 14.7 million ranking tenth on their all-time list.<ref name="FranceAdm">{{cite web|url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/top100.php?view=2|language=fr|title=TOP250 TOUS LES TEMPS EN FRANCE (REPRISES INCLUSES)|work=JP Box-Office|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=March 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331112258/http://www.jpbox-office.com/top100.php?view=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> The box-office success of ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' allowed to pull the studio's animation department out of the financial slump caused by the underperformance of ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' two years prior;<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|title='101 Dalmatians' was just the hit a flagging Disney needed|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-et-mn-ca-classic-hollywood-dalmatians-20150201-story.html|access-date=January 6, 2024|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 31, 2015|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203043806/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-et-mn-ca-classic-hollywood-dalmatians-20150201-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> despite this, it did nothing to rekindle Disney's fading interest in animation,{{sfn|Barrier|1999|pages=565-566}} with him being more focused on working on [[Disneyland]] and producing live-action films by then.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=585}}